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Community Services in Manchester, CTWe are actively looking for people who are concerned about our community and want free help in spreading their message. Email Bill@CompellingMarketingCommunications.com if you are such a person. Tri-Town Shelter Services: Tri-Town Shelter Services temporarily houses fifteen residents, either families or adults, and is staffed twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Given our 15 bed capacity x 364 days in a fiscal year, we provide shelter for a total of 5,460 evenings. During the past year we have provided housing for 264 adults and 39 children, making 303 clients served. The ECHN Lifeline Program at MMH & RGH Introduces MANCHESTER , CONNECTICUT - Since 1983, local seniors have relied on the ECHN Lifeline Program at Manchester Memorial and Rockville General Hospitals to provide prompt help at the push of a button. Its 24-hours-a-day, 365-days-a-year medical alert service has provided seniors the confidence to remain safely at home. Now, the ECHN Lifeline Program is adding an additional way for seniors to be heard when they need assistance. "Our service provides peace of mind to seniors and their families," says Nancy Cucca, Manager, ECHN Lifeline Program, "and we are committed to serving their needs. That's why we're excited to introduce the Philips Lifeline Voice Extension." The Voice Extension is a secondary speakerphone designed for people who live in large or multistory homes, giving them the ability to speak with the Philips Lifeline Response center over a larger area of the home. "Lifeline's wireless help button has always had excellent range in sending a signal from remote areas of a large home to the base communicator, even though the subscriber was too far away to be heard," explains Cucca. "Now with the Voice Extension, subscribers can have the added comfort and reassurance of voice communication in another area of the house, such as a second-story bedroom or basement laundry room." To learn more about the ECHN Lifeline Program medical alert service at Manchester Memorial and Rockville General Hospitals or the Voice Extension, contact Nancy Cucca at 860-872-5208. The Auxiliary of Manchester Memorial Hospital is now accepting applications for scholarship funds from area students pursuing careers in a health-related profession. Those eligible to apply include high school seniors or students currently enrolled in an accredited program of study in a medical/technical field who reside in Andover, Ashford, Bolton, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Glastonbury, Hebron, Manchester, Mansfield, Marlborough, South Windsor, Tolland, Vernon, and Willington. ECHN employees seeking advancement in their careers, children of ECHN employees, and ECHN volunteers may also apply. Applicants will be evaluated based on the application, academic standing, financial need, and written recommendations. For an application, contact the Volunteer Services Department at Manchester Memorial Hospital at 647-6841 or the guidance office at area high schools. All applications must be received by March 31, 2008 . Instructions and detailed info rmation will be included with the application. FEINSTEIN OFFERS ANOTHER $1 MILLION GIVEAWAY TO FIGHT HUNGERVernon , CT March and April 2008. For the eleventh straight year, Alan Shawn Feinstein will divide $1 million among hunger fighting agencies nationwide using it to help them raise funds during March and April 2008. (www.feinsteinfoundation.org) Any donations sent to Hockanum Valley Community Council, Inc. (HVCC) in March or April will get Feinstein money from Rhode Island added to it-and the more donations HVCC receives, the more Feinstein money HVCC will get-thanks to you. Food donations received at the Tri-Town Pantry will be valued at $1.00 per item for reporting purposes. By donating, community members are partnering in what has become the most successful campaign of all times to fight hunger! You can help in this most important challenge. Thank you in advance for your support. Please send your donations to HVCC, 155 West Main Street , Vernon , CT 06066 . (www.hvcchelps.org) Hockanum Valley Community Council, Inc. (HVCC) is an independent, multi-program, private non-profit human service agency. It is dedicated to meeting the needs of the residents of the Tolland County area. HVCC provides services to individuals and/or families in a manner that will promote independence while assuring that basic needs are met regardless of ability to pay. WINDSOR'S ANNUAL CHILDHOOD SERVICES EXPO
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Do you need health insurance for your child or children? HUSKY is low-cost or free healthcare for uninsured children up to age 19. Parent-even working parents may be eligible to receive the healthcare benefits, depending on total household income. Allied Community Resources is a "HUSKY" outreach partner with the State of CT. We can answer your questions and help you apply. Call us toll-free at 1-877-487-5901. Foreign language assistance is available and calls are strictly confidential. Overburdened Landfills Did you know Foodshare is making a BIG difference? In the past couple of months we have learned how FOODSHARE has reclaimed good food from going to the landfill right here in Hartford. Basically it is a simple concept and works like this – produce trucks deliver fruits and vegi’s to the wholesale distributors at the market on Brainard Road. The shipments that are refused are sent to the foodshare dock and usually accepted and then sorted and delivered to MACC and thus families in need. There are now 2 foodshare trucks with rolling doors that drive up to 50 plus locations all over Hartford to deliver nutritious food to people barely surviving and making hard choices to pay for medicine or food. This Foodshare truck is right in our parking lot feeding our neighbors in need for the past 3 months. On Tuesday, May 1 st there were 120 hungry neighbors eager to visit the Foodshare Farmers Market on wheels! The next visit is on Tuesday, June 5 th which is also National Hunger Awareness Day. Several groups such as Ruth Circle and the Advocacy and Hunger Mission will be making hygiene bags to provide to the visitors. A simple gift of toothpaste and soap – items not provided by any funding but needed to have a healthy body and mind. Feel free to drop off some hygiene items in the narthex to make some hygiene bags. More details at www.foodshare.org. Pedals for Progress saving our landfills too! St. Bridget’s has joined the effort collecting! Every year, affluent Americans buy 22 million new bicycles and discard millions of old ones, abandoning many more unused in basements, sheds, and garages. Most of these end up in our already overburdened landfills. Meanwhile, poor people overseas need cheap, non-polluting transportation to get to jobs, markets, customers, and schools. Since 1992, Pedals for Progress has received, processed and donated over 100,000 bicycles, 793 used sewing machines and $10.8 million in new spare parts to partner charities in 28 countries. Pedals for Progress isn't just donating used bicycles: It's also helping developing world economies by promoting self-sustaining bicycle repair businesses. In 2000,P4P sent its first sewing machine and discovered that these machines are in demand in the same places where our bicycles have changed so many lives for the better. Plenty of unwanted portable sewing machines exist in people’s homes. And like the bicycles, they’re often headed for a landfill. By collecting these sewing machines, P4P can piggyback them onto the bike shipments destined for recipient projects. In 2007 P4P is looking to expand our sewing machine collection into its own arm called "Tredles for Progress" Tredles will ship sewing machines to qualified nonprofit partners in order to set up small cooperative clothing businesses around the world. Please donate your used sewing machine (in working condition) at any Pedals for Progress bicycle collection. We ask for a $20 with each sewing machine to aid in the storage and shipment of the machines . http://www.p4p.org/sewing.html. Over 700 sewing machines shipped to 9 countries! Nicaragua , Moldova, Uganda, Ghana, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala. The Blue Angel's Foundation is a partnership between Manchester Citizen's Police Academy and members of the Manchester Police Department. The Manchester Initiative for Supportive Housing is a wonderful group of 40-50 people from about 8 local churches and organizations with the goal of reducing and ending homelessness in the next 10 years. This is a statewide movement growing rapidly with both federal and state support. The numbers of people that visit the shelters have doubled or tripled in the last couple of years which shows a real need for new solutions. Visit Manchester Initiative for Supportive Housing for more information. The CoveA death in the family can be devastating, especially for children. The Cove’s mission is to "Provide Hope and Healing for Grieving Children" throughout Connecticut so they can begin to heal from the loss of a loved one through death. We bring children together with others who are grieving to help them form relationships and express their emotions. Explore our website to find out more about The Cove. Manchester Area Conferences of ChurchesManchester Area Conference of Churches is a faith-based human services agency serving the greater Manchester area for more than 32 years. The conference is comprised of 21 congregations located in the towns of Manchester, Bolton, Glastonbury and South Windsor. In addition to its member churches, MACC works collaboratively with town, state government agencies and the community to serve the homeless, hungry, poor and working poor population or people in temporary financial or medical crisis. Manchester Area Network on AIDSThe Mission of the Manchester Area Network on AIDS is to respond to the needs of community members living with and affected by HIV/AIDS through the collaboration of services, resources and education in a caring and supportive environment. Manchester Historical SocietyThe Manchester Historical Society's mission is to preserve and educate people about the history of Manchester, CT. True Colors, IncTrue Colors, Inc. Sexual Minority Youth & Family Services is a not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization whose mission is to ensure that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender (LGBT) people are welcomed, valued and affirmed in each of the institutions and systems that touch our lives. The agency seeks to reduce the stigma associated with sexual minority status and to ensure that the needs of LGBT youth, adults and families are competently met by those institutions responsible for our education, health and well-being. To that end we work with schools, families, communities of faith; municipal, state and federal agencies, legislators and policy makers. True Colors accomplishes its work with a $200,000 budget, a volunteer Board of Directors, two full time staff, numerous student interns and scores of volunteers from the community at large. for more information, call 860-649-7386 or write 945 Main Street, Suite 211, Manchester, CT 06040. |
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